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The wedding of my kitchen, and other embarrassing language mistakes
He really did smell good! Photo © Bev Lloyd-Roberts Yesterday, my lovely cousin Stella Maria married James, her longtime beau. The wedding was low-key and fun (just like the couple themselves), and as...
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Finding the exotic in the mundane
Australian galah. Photo © Fred Coles. A few weeks ago I was involved in a cross-cultural training session for a young family that was moving to Australia. I was regaling them with tales of my...
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A tale of two tastings: Wine in Bordeaux and Sydney
My go-to wine is an Aussie Shiraz. I’ve been very fortunate to live in or near two of the world’s great wine-producing areas: the Bordeaux region of France, and the Hunter Valley region of Australia....
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My home is full of expat memories
We bought this Chinese wedding cabinet — and the carpet beneath it — in Singapore. “One of my friends told me once she loved coming to my house because ‘expat’ houses were always more interesting than...
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Panning for gold, repatriate-style
“Don’t bother me — I’m fossicking.” I know, I know — not the most flattering photo of me. But it’s the only one I have from my gold fossicking* expedition somewhere in New South Wales many years ago,...
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Bottling the essence of beach life
Moving abroad sends our senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell into overdrive, and in this month’s NSEW offering, we explore an element of expat life through one or more of the five senses....
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